Maria Latore

Maria Latore (1972-) was the wife of Salvatore Leone, boss of the Leone Crime Family in New York City. She frequently got him into trouble. She ran away with Claude Speed in 2001.

Background
Maria was born in New York and moved to Las Vegas in the 1990's to be a waitress at Salvatore's Casino Caligula's Palace. She eventually married him in 1992.

1998
By 1998 the married between Maria and Salvatore had hit rock bottom after only 6 years. Maria began using heavy drugs and began to live away from Salvatore. She began dating Cedric Fotheringay and several other men. She sent inside scoops to reporter Ned Burner via E-Mail. When Toni Cipriani tried to help her she developed feelings for him but after she realized he didn't have enough money she decided to stay with Salvatore.

2001
By 2001 maria had moved back with Salvatore and the two were getting along pretty well. She was introduced to Claude Speed by her husband and began making Claude do her bidding. She called him "Fido" and after he saved her from being chased by the police and several other small things, she began to develop feelings for Claude despite the fact he did not have much money so its believed the feeling were genuine. She eventually got mad and told Salvatore Leone that her and Claude were an "Item" and she saved Claude from a car bomb trap set by Leone. She introduced him to Asuka Kasen, head of the local Yakuza. Kasen has Claude kill Salvatore. Maria is eventually kidnapped by Catalina Vialpando and Claude rescues her and kills Catalina. Her and Claude ran away together and left New York.